IAD and SSD may be lifelong but there is the possibility of treatment. The recommended treatment varies greatly and usually, a combination of approaches can be undertaken as there isn’t one concrete course of treatment that appears to be fully effective. Rather than providing medication, lifestyle-based treatments are more recommended because they sustainably help address the cause and actively include the patient in the process of therapy. Given the nature of the illness, physicians play a very key role in balancing the line between validating the patient but also coaxing them into understanding that their concerns are not necessarily proportionate. It is also important to first gauge how receptive the person is to treatment and accepting their disorder in the first place. The downside of lifestyle approaches is that people are responsible for their own treatment so in cases where they are not fully receptive to the nature of their condition medicinal approaches might be more effective. Cognitive behavioral Therapy can also be effective in deconstructing and understanding the roots of IAD. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy may be sustainable in the long term enabling the patient to continue their own course of treatment. Alternatively, psychopharmacology is also suggested where patients are prescribed with SSRI’s.